All RSC Education articles in Education in Chemistry – July 2023
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Opinion
Do you find joy in the classroom?
Does teaching science put a smile on your face? Is that why you’re still in the classroom?
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Article
July 2023: Use ideas from this issue
Ideas for your classroom and teaching from our July 2023 issue
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Ideas
Why your learners should explain an experiment to their nan
Get creative to encourage students to write clear, reasoned and detailed practical methods
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Article
How do fireflies produce light?
Find out how fireflies and other creatures use bioluminescence
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Poster
How to teach metallic bonding
From properties to structures, everything you need to help your 14–16 students grasp metals and alloys
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News
Sustainable solution to recycling wind turbine blades
Cracking the problem of decommissioning our wind farms
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Feature
The end of BTECs?
Find out how changes to post-16 qualifications could impact your science students
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Ideas
Start the year right with baseline assessments that give realistic results
Assess your students early and effectively to get an accurate picture of their prior knowledge
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News
Boost student understanding of chemical bonding
Discover how important pedagogical content knowledge is in teaching this challenging topic
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Feature
What links chemistry, cakes and colour?
Discover how regulations spoil the look of our sweet treats – and the chemistry behind it all
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Opinion
Technically speaking: a fresh approach to post-16 learning
An FE lecturer provides key insights from their experience into the value of T-levels and the practical benefit to students
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Ideas
5 ways using videos can enhance your teaching
Discover teacher-tested ways that videos can support both learners and educators
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CPD
How to teach gases at 14–16
Use these classroom activities and tips to boost your students’ understanding of quantitative chemistry
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Exhibition chemistry
Creating a supersaturated gas evolving oscillator
Use this fizzy practical for a kinetic and thermodynamic showdown in class
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News
Tattooing the heart with graphene electrodes
Flexible carbon pacemaker can wrap around the heart
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In my classroom
Discover the one-of-a-kind labs at St Columba’s College in Dublin
Where the science labs were scrupulously designed to optimise teaching and learning – and historical beauty
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News
Surprise origin for Benin bronzes
Show students the unexpected journey of brass from northern Europe
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Ideas
Help your students transfer their skills from the pitch to the classroom
Score learning goals with these teaching strategies
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Feature
Boost your teaching practice with subject-specific personal development
Drill down to the evidence base supporting it, what’s on offer and some barriers to accessing it